If the evil world at once persecutes you,
then you still have God as your friend,
who against your enemy
always guards your back.
And when Herod in his rage
decrees the judgement of shameful death
on our saviour
then there comes an angel in the night,
who causes Joseph to dream
so that he may flee from the executioner
and travel to Egypt.
God has a word that makes you full of confidence.
He speaks: though mountain and hill fall down,
though the flood of water wants to drown you,
it is not my will to abandon or forsake you.